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Informationen zum Autor Samuel A. Culbert is Professor of Management at UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is the recipient of the American Association of Publishers Best Management Book of the Year award and the Harvard Business Review McKinsey Award. Larry Rout is an editor at the Wall Street Journal. It was he who wrote the original explosive article about Culbert's views on performance reviews. Klappentext An expert on business management delivers a clarion call to anyone who has ever suspected that performance reviews really don't work--and is seeking to revolutionize the process. How companies can stop intimidating and start managing - and focus on what really matters Zusammenfassung Based upon a startling article in the Wall Street Journal Dr. Sam Culbert! a professor at the prestigious UCLA Anderson School of Business summarized what most of us have known for years - that the annual corporate ritual of performance appraisals not only don't work! but cause more problems than they solve. In this short but powerful audiobook! Culbert pinpoints how performance reviews destroy employee morale! are rarely helpful! fluctuate from one manager to the next! and actually have a negative impact on both the supervisor and his/her subordinate! often giving rise to emotional friction between the individuals that often can't be repaired. By using real-life examples of how reviews are botched! screwed up and get in their own way! Culbert makes a strong case as to why performance reviews should be totally revised! or scrapped. Culbert then provides the solution: instead of performance reviews! he strongly advocates the adoption of performance previews. In effect! managers and bosses should address key issues in their subordinate's performance when those problems pop up right away - not at the end of the year. Full of common sense! along with real passion! this audiobook confronts one of the long-standing traditions in management/employee relationship and advocates strongly for immediate change. ...
